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Mihai Corneliu Drăgănescu (October 6, 1929 – May 28, 2010) was a
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n engineer who served as President of the
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from 1990 to 1994. Born in Făget,
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, he received a B.Sc. in 1952 and a Ph.D. in 1957 from
Politehnica University of Bucharest Politehnica University of Bucharest () is a technical university in Bucharest, Romania founded in 1818.member of the Romanian Academy, rising to titular member in January 1990, following the
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. Later that year, he became the academy's president, serving until 1994 and initiating its transition into the post-communist environment. In the first cabinet of
Petre Roman Petre Roman (; born 22 July 1946) is a Romanian engineer and politician who was Prime Minister of Romania from 1989 to 1991, when his Third Roman cabinet, government was overthrown by the Mineriad, intervention of the miners led by Miron Cozma ...
, in 1989–1990, he was a deputy
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. He co-authored several publications with Menas Kafatos, including the book ''Principles of Integrative Science'' (Editura Tehnică, 2003). In 1971, he was made a commander of the
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, attaining the same rank in the
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in 2000. He is buried at Bellu Cemetery. The Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence of the Romanian Academy, set up in 1994, is named after him.


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* Ștefan Iancu
Mihai Drăgănescu – Promotor al revoluției informatice în România
in ''Studii și comunicări'', History of Science Division of the
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, vol. V (2012), pp. 113–131 1929 births 2010 deaths People from Prahova County Romanian engineers Academic staff of the Politehnica University of Bucharest Deputy prime ministers of Romania Presidents of the Romanian Academy Honorary members of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova Commanders of the Order of the Star of Romania Commanders of the Legion of Honour Burials at Bellu Cemetery Politehnica University of Bucharest alumni {{Romania-engineer-stub